“I was much less in a panic mode paying attention to the websites,” Tucker said.

Several feet were added to the levee that was already built on the back side of a Dakota Dunes neighborhood a couple years ago because the river flooding forecast. Since the Big Sioux didn't get that high, the water never came close to the top of the levee.

Crews broke down temporary levees Friday, scooping up all the dirt they dropped just a day before. Interstate 29 was reopened.

The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls said a levee break in Akron was the reason the Big Sioux River levels stayed below major flood stage in Sioux City.